#but lan developing relationships with the ef5 was the driving cause for him to increasingly

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i will say, among other reasons this moiraine plot is a strange choice, it's not...like there isn't preexisting material for her and lan having friction? they're at odds about how to treat rand as early as tgh and that continues till the aiel waste storyline iirc. lan struggling with her methods now that they've found the dragon could've been fodder for conflict

#which may still be the case in future seasons of course #but lan developing relationships with the ef5 was the driving cause for him to increasingly #start acting on his own judgment rather than jointly with moiraine #and idk after predicating their arcs on separation this season it might vibe weird to dive into more conflict afterwards #this isn't really a criticism i'm just mulling aloud #a big theme in these books is the question of how do you handle an instrument of destiny like rand running around #and everyone has different flawed answers tho we always see where they're coming from #bc there isn't really a right answer to that question #and lan's and moiraine's friction about it is an early introduction to this particular theme